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“The point of inventing is to make things that don’t exist.” — — Rick Sanchez

Hi there, I am Xiaotong Li. Currently I am a Master student in Robotics at TU Delft, the Netherlands. Before this, I completed my BEng in Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. I am currently seeking PhD opportunities in robotics, specifically about VLAs, world models and open-world manipulation. If you have any positions, feel free to contact me:)

My CV is available here.

Here are my education experience:

  • MSc in Robotics, 2023 ~ 2025

    Technology University of Delft, The Netherlands

  • BEng in Aircraft Design and Engineering, 2019 ~ 2023
    Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

  • KAIST Summer School in Robotics, 2022.07 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea

My research interests include:

  • World models

  • Open-world manipulation

  • Vision-Language(-Action) models

  • Planning and decision making